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The Armenians in the Byzantine Empire

by: Peter Charanis

Topics: History, Historical, Byzantine, Byzantium, Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, Armenia, Armenian, Ancient, Medieval, Caucasus, Highlands, Diaspora, Empresses, Emperors, Mesopotamia, Christianity, Roman Empire

Collection: robert-bedrosian-library; additional_collections

This study by the distinguished Byzantinist Peter Charanis (Lisbon, 1963), in 47 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages, describes the role of Armenians in the governing, military and intellectual structures of the Byzantine Empire from its beginning until the mid-11th century. Charanis describes the numerous emperors and empresses of Armenian descent, and suggests that several of the imperial dynasties were mostly or partly Armenian. Includes full bibliography. Attached to the document is a multilingual HTML version. Prepared by Robert Bedrosian. Also available at Internet Archive is the Armenian translation of this work: Հայերը Բիւզանդական կայսրութեան մէջ.